Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2017 22:02:06 +0000 From: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Are textmode consoles/terminals still supported? Message-ID: <4c0a947f-34b3-2188-269d-8b79286700b2@multiplay.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <05ff1f84a0f3856823fda4b08266f211@ultimatedns.net> References: <05ff1f84a0f3856823fda4b08266f211@ultimatedns.net>
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Add the following to /boot/loader.conf Its a tunable but not a sysctl so you can't query it, you just need to set it by adding it to /boot/loader.conf: hw.vga.textmode="1" On 20/03/2017 21:58, Chris H wrote: > I'm attempting to get a video card that DTRT on FreeBSD. > I started with the graphics provided by an AMD A6-7470K, > only to discover it's not yet supported. So I forked out > for a recent nvidia card, and build/installed a new > world/kernel. > Everything seemed to be as one would expect, except there > was an issue with loader.efi. So I had to move mine aside, > and use the one off the install media (tho I understand > the (u)efi has since been fixed). Now, I'm attempting to > obtain textmode. The text stripped from a tty, and pasted > to a new file in a textmode editor -- ee(1) for example; > pads the line with spaces to EOL, and prefaces each line > following the first line with rubbish (about 1 to 2 > characters worth). > So "graphics mode" or vt(4) isn't going to get it, for me. > Textmode, and syscons(4) has always worked as expected, and > I thought I'd try to re-enable it, or get textmode via vt(4). > But all attempts fail. > excerpt from my KERNCONF > > device vga > options VESA > > device sc > options SC_PIXEL_MODE > > device vt > device vt_vga > device vt_efifb > > However, following the advice on the freebsd wiki, querying > the value in sysctl(8) returns: > # sysctl hw.vga.textmode > sysctl: unknown oid 'hw.vga.textmode' > > OK how bout vidcontrol(1) > # vidcontrol -i adapter > vidcontrol: obtaining adapter information: Inappropriate ioctl for device > > So, it appears from my standpoint that textmode is no longer > supported? > > FWIW: > FreeBSD trump.whitehouse.gov.test 12.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT #0 r314700: > Sun Mar 5 09:01:30 PST 2017 > root@trump.whitehouse.gov.test:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TESTKERN amd6 > > Thank you for anything that might help me obtain textmode again. > > --Chris > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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